![]() ![]() ![]() “I apologise, and I pledge to do better.” “I hope that you, my readers, will forgive me, and learn from my mistake that even unintentional and passive stereotypes and racism are harmful to everyone,” he wrote. It was and is wrong and harmful to my Asian readers, friends, and family, and to all Asian people.” “I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly apologise for this. “But this week it was brought to my attention that this book also contains harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery,” he wrote. In a letter shared on his YouTube channel, Pilkey said he had “intended to showcase diversity, equality and nonviolent conflict resolution” in the graphic novel. ![]() “We are deeply sorry for this serious mistake.” “Together, we recognise that this book perpetuates passive racism,” Scholastic said. ![]()
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